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The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS) is one of the three largest public and autonomous universities in Singapore. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest institute of higher learning (IHL) in Singapore, as well as the largest university in the country in terms of student enrolment and curriculum offered. NUS is a research-intensive, comprehensive university with an entrepreneurial dimension. NUS is consistently ranked as one of Asia's top universities by both UK ranking systems, the QS World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. According to the latest 2015 QS World University Rankings, NUS is ranked 12th in the world and retained its position as 1st in Asia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QS World University Rankings 2015 )〕 NUS also fared well in the 2015-16 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, coming in 26th in the world and 1st in Asia.〔https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25〕 Alternatively, the ARWU ranking system published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy that measures universities academic achievements and research performance consistently places NUS in the range of 100–150 worldwide and 1st in Singapore. Additionally, 2014's ''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities Rankings〔(US News Best Global Universities Rankings )〕 places NUS at 55th in the world. In 2015, The Economist ranked NUS Business School 2nd in Singapore and 87th globally.〔()〕 NUS's main campus is located in southwest Singapore at Kent Ridge, with an area of approximately . The Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and research institutes, while the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore is located at the Outram campus. == History == In September 1904, Tan Jiak Kim led a group of representatives of the Chinese and other non-European communities, and petitioned the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir John Anderson, to establish a medical school in Singapore. Tan, who was the first president of the Straits Chinese British Association, managed to raise 87,077 Straits dollars, of which the largest amount of $12,000 came from himself. On 3 July 1905, the medical school was founded, and was known as the ''Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School''. In 1912, the medical school received an endowment of $120,000 from the King Edward VII Memorial Fund, started by Lim Boon Keng. Subsequently on 18 November 1913, the name of the school was changed to the ''King Edward VII Medical School''. In 1921, it was again changed to the ''King Edward VII College of Medicine'' to reflect its academic status. In 1928,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National University of Singapore website – Milestones )〕 Raffles College was established to promote arts and social sciences at tertiary level for Malayan students. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National University of Singapore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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